Bird AlbumCanada · Ontario
Ottawa – Shirley's Bay
279 species and 138,497 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–October, with up to 185 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Common LoonGavia immer
Northern RavenCorvus corax
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ottawa – Andrew Haydon Park5 km244 species
- Aylmer6 km261 species
- Rapides Deschênes7 km265 species
- Britannia CA – Britannia Ridge7 km222 species
- Britannia CA – Mud Lake7 km232 species
- Britannia CA7 km275 species
All 279 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ottawa – Shirley's Bay?
May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 185 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ottawa – Shirley's Bay?
279 species, from 138,497 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ottawa – Shirley's Bay in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Goldeneye, Canada Goose, American Crow, Ring-billed Gull and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.